1992 No. 2883
Ecclesiastical Judges and Legal Officers (Fees) Order 1992
Approved by the General Synod
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
For all purposes other than those of Paragraph 2 and of Table 1 of the Schedule
For the purposes of Paragraph 2 and of Table I of the Schedule
We, the Fees Advisory Commission constituted in accordance with the provisions of section 4 of the Ecclesiastical Fees Measure 19861, in the exercise of the powers conferred by section 6 do hereby order as follows:—
1
The fees appearing in the Tables of the Schedule to this Order are established and are substituted for the fees appearing in the corresponding Tables of the Schedule to the Ecclesiastical Judges and Legal Officers (Fees) Order 19912. The Tables of the Schedule contain particulars of the Fees which are to be received, after the commencement of this Order, by the ecclesiastical judges and legal officers named in the Schedule for carrying out by them of the duties of their offices specified in the Schedule.
2
The Ecclesiastical Judges and Legal Officers (Fees) Order 1991 is hereby revoked.
3
a
Subject to the provisions of this paragraph nothing in this Order shall preclude a diocesan board of finance from agreeing to pay an additional fee to a diocesan registrar by way of annual fee or retainer (hereinafter called a “supplementary annual fee”) which is in addition to the annual fee or fees prescribed by Order made under the Ecclesiastical Fees Measure 1986.
b
An agreement made under sub-paragraph (a) above shall be expressed to be an agreement for a payment by way of supplementary annual fee.
c
An agreement made under sub-paragraph (a) above shall be in writing. The period for which the agreement is to run shall be stated in the agreement. In the absence of any such statement the agreement shall remain binding until determined by not less than three months' notice on either side.
d
The body responsible for paying a supplementary annual fee shall be the diocesan board of finance.
4
A fee specified in the Schedule to this Order may be increased by a sum for reasonable expenses of travel, subsistence and accommodation.
5
Where Value Added Tax is chargeable in respect of the provision of any service for which a fee is prescribed in this Order there shall be payable in addition to that fee the amount of the Value Added Tax.
6
This Order may be cited as the Ecclesiastical Judges and Legal Officers (Fees) Order 1992 and shall come into operation for all purposes other than those of Paragraph 2 and of Table 1 of the Schedule on the first day of January 1993 and for the purposes of Paragraph 2 and of Table I of the Schedule on the first day of March 1993.
Approved by the General Synod the
SCHEDULE 1
Dean of the Arches, Vicar General or Chancellor | Registrar or other Officers by usage performing the duty | |
---|---|---|
£ | £ | |
| — | 35 |
| 25 | 55 |
| 88—139 | 56—83 |
| 25 | 20 |
| 53—159 | 35—106 |
| — | 53—159 |
| 21—64 | 14—42 |
| — | 21—64 |
| 166 | 125 |
| 278 | 209 |
(fees on same scale for subsequent days). | ||
| 27 | — |
| — | 25 |
|
Fee £ | |
---|---|
| 45 |
| 1270 |
| 1032 |
Note: These fees are the liability of the Archbishop, subject to the provisions of section 8 of the Ecclesiastical Fees Measure 1986 . |
Fee £ | |
---|---|
| 58 |
for registrar | 33 |
| 110 |
| 56 |
Plus, where appeal is to Court of Ecclesiastical Causes Reserved, a fee, to be fixed by registrar of Court of Ecclesiastical Causes Reserved, in respect of the cost of preparing five copies for the use of members of the Court of the documents to be transmitted by the registrar of the diocese under rule 4(5)(b), the notice of appeal and the documents to be furnished by the appellant under rule 4(7), to be paid to registrar of Court of Ecclesiastical Causes Reserved by appellant when assessed by registrar. | |
| 110 |
| 14 |
| 14 |
Notes:
|
Fee £ | |
---|---|
| 12 |
| 50 |
| 50 |
| 0.50 |
Fees for work by the diocesan registrar in connection with—
|
except so far as the work is within the scope of the annual fee payable to the diocesan registrar under the Legal Officers (Annual Fees) Order for the time being in force made under section 5 of the Ecclesiastical Fees Measure 1986. |
Fees payable to the diocesan registrar to be calculated in accordance with the Solicitors' Remuneration Order 19725 and to be payable by the person making the search or extract or requesting the certified copy. |
Note: References to rules are to The Patronage (Beneficies) Rules 1987. |
| £100 and a further £25 for every hour spent on counting votes |
| £25 for every hour spent on counting votes |
(This note is not part of the Order)